"Competing Bills To Address Safety of Oil Transport"
"SEATTLE -- Washington lawmakers on Monday considered competing measures that try to address potential risks as more crude oil is shipped by rail into the state."
Source: AP, 02/11/2014
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"EPA Approves Another Pesticide Highly Toxic to Bees"
"Flying in the face of recent science demonstrating that pollinator populations are declining, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made the decision to unconditionally register another pesticide that is known to be highly toxic to bees—almost one year after the EPA registered sulfoxaflor, disregarding concerns from beekeepers and environmental groups."
Source: EcoWatch, 02/11/2014
"Duo Tracks Double-Dipping in U.S. Oil Firms' Toxic Tank Cleanup"
"A pioneer in cleaning up toxic messes, Thomas Schruben long suspected major oil companies of being paid twice for dealing with leaks from underground fuel storage tanks - once from government funds and again, secretly, from insurance companies."
Source: Reuters/, 02/11/2014
"Obama-Hollande Meeting May Boost Larger Climate Goals"
"Climate change made the cut as one of four major themes that are key in the U.S.-France relationship, a senior White House official said on Monday."
Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 02/11/2014
"Hearing Provides Few Answers on Water Safety"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- When the lengthy prepared statements were over, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., opened the question-and-answer session with a predictable query: Is the drinking water supply that serves 300,000 West Virginians safe?"
Source: Charleston Gazette, 02/11/2014
"Abandoned Mine Partnership Moves Forward With First Cleanup"
"Montana is rife with abandoned mines left by more than a century of men bent on finding fortunes. Now nonprofit groups are joining with businesses and government agencies to clean up the sites by mining them again."
Source: Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 02/10/2014
"Drought Blocking Passages To Sea for California Coho Salmon"
"The drought has obstructed the migratory journeys of many coho salmon on California's North and Central Coast, putting them in immediate danger."
Source: LA Times, 02/10/2014
"Struggling Whooping Crane Population Loses Three To Gunfire"
"North America's tallest bird, with a population of about 600, has lost three adults to gunfire in recent months, 'senselessly' undercutting plans to breed a thriving population of the radiant white whooping crane, wildlife authorities say."
Source: LA Times, 02/10/2014
"Chinese Villagers Mob Police in Environmental Spat: Xinhua"
"Around 100 villagers attacked a police station in southwestern China on Friday as part of an environmental protest, state media said in a rare report about what are increasingly common demonstrations."
Source: Reuters/Xinhua, 02/10/2014
Severe Weather Batters Britain, Cutting Off Rail Lines
"BURROWBRIDGE, England -- Severe flooding and landslips cut off rail links to large parts of southwest England for more than 24 hours at the weekend as the government came under pressure for its handling of storms battering Britain."
Source: Reuters, 02/10/2014
